A goat, a sheep and a news anchor get stuck: How Florida’s drought is getting dangerous

Florida is facing a historic drought. The lack of rain has caused the worst drought conditions in 25 years, the 21st driest on record since 1895, according to the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS). For farmers like Bruce Waters in Groveland, the consequences are becoming life-or-death for their animals. Waters has lived on his property since 2016. He says his pond, which is normally nine feet deep, has been reduced to a shallow puddle ringed by thick, unstable muck that acts like quicksand. Asked if he’d ever seen the water this low, he didn’t hesitate: “Never, never.”